What If Mental Health First Aid Were as Widespread as CPR? New York City’s Planning to Do It

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<p>‘I Febr ary 2010, off- ty police officer Joseph C. Coffey was rivi g by a po whe he otice a car partially s bmerge i it. He got o t of his car a e tere the water. He co l ’t ope the fro t oor, so he climbe thro gh the back. There was a woma i si e. As Coffey prepare to get her o t, he bega to se se that this was ’t a acci e t. The woma was ’t pa icki g. I stea , she was cryi g. She starte talki g abo t her perso al problems.</p>
<p>Coffey ha bee trai e for this. I Warwick, Rho e Isla , where he oversees fro tli e patrol officers, he ha evelope the epartme t’s crisis i terve tio team a co-a thore a ma al o Me tal Health First Ai (MHFA) for the Natio al Co cil for Behavioral Health for se i law e forceme t trai i gs. The Warwick Police Departme t has ta ght MHFA at its aca emy si ce 2008. So far, more tha 11,000 officers have bee trai e .’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/perso al-health/what-if-me tal-health-first-ai -were-wi esprea -cpr- ew-york-citys-pla i g- o-it" target="_bla k">Rea more: What If Me tal Health First Ai Were as Wi esprea as CPR? New York City’s Pla i g to Do It</a></p>